Face for my Rupee

I was always wondering why Rupee has not got his face, a symbol which is globally known just like dollar ($) or pound (£). Even the lesser value cent has its own symbol (¢) then why not we. Is there any specific prerequisite for a nation to raise certain level to have a symbol for their currency? I don’t think so and to confirm my stance, Iran, Nigeria and Hungary are in the list of countries with currency symbol. I am sure they aren’t something special.

Every time I refer rupee, I have to write as Rs. or INR and incidentally Rs. is the same for Pakistan too. So now Government of India is taking steps towards mission of assigning a symbolic character to our rupee and making it eminent across the globe. Here I find the Times of India’s poll showing all the possible possibilities and plausibilities for a future rupee symbol from their designers. We can vote for the symbol you want and also can give your own designed symbol. Who knows your symbol might get selected and you will be in the league of those who became prominent overnight. TOI will suggest these poll results along with new suggestions to Ministry of Finance to take final decision (Not sure what’s their dead-line for this project).

You can vote for these at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rupeesurvey.cms

For more info on currency symbols: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_sign

Tears

“Do you write poems?” if someone asks this to me I can’t actually answer this question in a solitary word as Yes on No. It’s all about the frequency of writing poems. I started writing poems 6th or 7th grade I think; but never took it to serious level. I wrote another Marathi poem ‘Pazaay’ in my engineering 2nd year and that was published in college year book and that I would consider my first poem. Many people liked that and told me to continue with writing those. I donno. I am not like that person who can write good poem whenever he wants. I can’t force my self and that’s the reason my second poem was after almost more than seven years (yes you read it right) gap from the first one. So here it goes for you.

Poem is in Marathi so for all my non-marathi friends I will try to explain it to my level best but I am damn sure I can’t express those feelings in English. I will try to get as closer as I can.

अश्रू

होऊ दे अश्रू पुन्हा,
डोळ्यातून तुझ्या रडू दे;
ओझरता थेंब तो ओंजळीत
क्षणभर पापण्यात नडू दे...

वाटेत सुखांच्या मी,
दुखांना कुरुवाळीत गेलो;
अस्तीर त्या धूख्याना
आता तरी गळू दे...

वेडाचे भस्म माथी,
होवोनी फकीर हिंडलो;
पींड तुझ्या हाताने
झोळीत माझ्या पडू दे...

शेळ्या कोम्बळ्याची झुंज,
हर्षे पहिली मी सारी;
यातना भोगावयास माझ्या
माझे मलाच लढू दे...

उदयास सुर्य येईल,
एक दिवस तो सुजाण;
आहुती होऊनी आता
सरणावर एकटाच जळू दे...

भय कोणा नको निशेचे,
कोन्डत त्या स्मशाणात;
वेली बकूळ फुलांची
थडग्यावर माझ्या दरवळू दे...

ओझरता थेंब तो ओंजळीत, क्षणभर पापण्यात नडू दे...
ओझरता थेंब तो ओंजळीत, क्षणभर पापण्यात नडू दे...

Theme: Repent or something like that. I am a person (in poem) who has enjoyed his life as he wants. I didn’t care damn about anyone. In fact I hurt many and countless knowingly and didn’t felt anything about any one of them at all. Now I am at the end of my life. When I glance back I see what I have done in my life; all the picture is blood red. I am sure that no one can forgive me no matter what I do now and hence I am not apologizing to any one at all. I have something to say or but can’t say anything to anyone. So I am just wishing my last wish.


Poem title: Tears

Stanza 1:
Let me become tears and cry through your eyes.
But before I drop in you palms, let me rest a moment on your eyelids.

Stanza 2:
While walking on the path of happiness, I cuddled many grieves.
Let those wobbly fogs reconcile at least now.

Stanza 3:
With ashes of craziness on my forehead, I wandered like itinerant.
(Now this line is difficult to explain. In India when a person die, his relatives will give a piece of food to crows as a ritual and when crows eat that, people think that the immortal soul will get Mukti(freedom) and will RIP in heaven. That piece of food is called ‘pind’ in Marathi and the old cloth bag which beggar or nomads use for collecting food is called ‘Zoli’.)
Let the ‘Pind’ fall in my ‘zoli’ with your own hands.

Stanza 4:
I have seen lot many fights of goats or cocks (cockfighting was popular rural activity in old times for entertainment and some of the cocks will die in those fights.) and I saw them very happily.
Let me fight my self alone now to bear all these pains and aches.

Stanza 5:
There will be sunrise of sprite (fairness) one fine day.
But at least let me burn myself in crematorium unaided like an ‘Aahuti’ used in ‘Yagnya’. (‘Aahuti’ is the wood/dried twigs used in burning sacred fire or yagya which is Hindu ritual before starting any auspicious or important work. It is done in a belief of keeping all troubles away from this important task undertaken.)

Stanza 6:
Let there be no fear to anyone in that dread crematory.
Let the vine of ‘Bakuli’ bloom on my grave. (‘Bakuli’ are tiny white flowers with sweet fragrance which you can smell from a long distance)

Before I drop in you palms, let me rest a moment on your eyelids.
Before I drop in you palms, let me rest a moment on your eyelids.

Disclaimer: This poem is just an expression of my thoughts considering a virtual character. It has no relation close or distant to my life or anyone’s life or death with or without creeper of or any flowers or thorns on his or her grave. May this virtual being RIP.

Hit by Fortune

In this recession time we all know what’s the real value of money and how difficult is to make money, save money. But now my time has changed. I met my fortune fairy and she granted me a wish of getting floods of money to my bank account. In all I got $500,000 + $500,000 + $1000,000 in cash, a brand new Toyota Camry 2008 model, Five star hotel Stay and free air tickets. Isn’t that amazing? I thank you all my friends for your best wishes and big thank to almighty GOD that my wishes came true finally. I am planning a grand grand party and thinking it to be so grand that it is just out of my mind (as I never had such amount with me) and I can’t think what else I can do. So I am taking help of all the scholars, experts and party organizers (so called) in this area.

Thanks again and thanks all…..

No it’s not dream but at the same time it’s not even true or even close to truth. This is about all the fake/junk/spam (you_call_them_what) mails flowing all around the globe in recent days. I received one of the following mails and 2 of them were in my father’s inbox. My father forwarded it to me thinking that it might prove the best present to his son. Something out of class, unique and magnificently fabulous. Thanks Papa.
These mails start with some real crapy story regarding lucky draw, lottery, lotto or some of the similar things and want you to think (and believe) that you are unique luckiest guy in whole billions and trillions of the human race in this earth and that’s the sole reason fortune has hit you with bang. Chappar faadke… after this short little story they asks us to send our personal details like name address details, contact details and stuff. One of them asked ‘Next of kin’ name too… so thoughtful of him after all a man cannot spend this whole lot of money in his life time and god forsake something happen to the guy hit with this fortune, there should be someone to enjoy all this luck.. Right?
Most of these mails are claiming to be from China. One is from the Beijing Olympic committee 2008, another from Toyota dealers China and another one claiming from International Monetary Fund. All of these are so happy to give me all these dollars, flight tickets, hotel stay, nice brand new car and all goodies, I am now thinking are they some of by dearest relatives. Seriously they seem to be happier than me.

Anyway go through these mails just for fun and admire them for the sincere efforts they are doing for identity thefts. Kudos to them.
I am wondering where I can complaint against these mails so that if possible they can take action and get closer to these money mongers.

Mail 1: China Cultural Center wants to give me Flight tickets, Hotel Stay and wooping $500,000.

Subject: CONGRATULATION -[Wed, 4 Mar 2009 15:53:14 +0000]
THE CHINA CULTURAL CENTER AWARD 2008
ASIA AND PACIFIC REGIONAL ANNEX
CORPORATIONS IN ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION
IN SUPPORT OF BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC
AWARD PROVIDER OFFICE
P.O.BOX 1682 CHINA
GOVT.REF 08

ATTENTION

CONGRATULATION ONCE AGAIN iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

ITS OUR GREAT PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU OF THE RESULT OF THE CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER PRIZE AWARD 2008 PROGRAMS CONDUCTED AND FINANCED BY COMMITTEE OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN ASIA REGIONAL CONSTITUENCY. AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED AMONG THE COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DONE TODAY IN THE CONTROL ROOM AS TO KEEP AWARENESS OF THE CHINESE CULTURAL AWARD CENTER NEXT YEAR CELEBRATION YOU ARE ALSO TO HAVE FIVE TICKETS AND FREE FLIGHT AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IN THE WHOLE EVENT. AND YOU HAVE WON THE SUM OF $500.000.00 USDA.FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE AMERICAN DOLLARS AS ALL THE BIG MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN ASIA HAS JOINED HANDS TO MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS CONGRATULATION ONCE AGAIN AS THE BENEFICIARY WINNER OF THIS YEAR AWARD SPONSORED BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOR THE ON GOING OLYMPIC 2008

THE LUCKY WINNER IN THIS CATEGORY ALL PARTICIPANT WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWN TODAY FROM THE NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND E-MAIL ADDRESSES FROM CANADA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA,ASIA EUROPE,MIDDLE EAST AFRICA AND OCEANIA AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMS WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY. THIS LOTTERY PROMOTION IS BEING PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY MANY CONGLOMERATE OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES AS PART OF THERE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

WE ANNOUNCE YOUR WINNER TODAY IN THE COMPUTER BALLOTING ROOM AS GREAT WINNER AS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON THE PRICE TO FILE YOUR CLAIMS AND BOOKING CONTACT YOUR ASIA ACCREDITED AND SATISFY AGENT MR. CHANG SHANG AND PROVIDE YOUR DETAILS FOR YOUR PAYMENT:
drmakaa@aim.com

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................
CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................
EMAIL ADDRESS:....................................
CITY/STATE:.......................................
COUNTRY:..........................................
NATIONALITY:......................................
SEX:.......................AGE:...................
MARITAL STATUS...................................
TEL NO:...........................................
NEXT OF KIN:......................................
ANNUAL INCOME:....................................
AMOUNT WON:.......................................

CLAIM AGENT EMAIL SECTION.
CONGRATULATION ONCE AGAIN !!!!!!
SINCERELY YOURS
ENGER. YANG YOUNG
AWARD COORDINATOR

Mail 2: International Monetary Fund is asking my details to send me my outstanding amount of $500,000 waiting in ICBC bank. They are also apologizing for the delay for the overdue amount.

From: "International Monetary Fund (IMF)"
To:
Date:
Subject: OVERDUE OUTSTANDING PAYMENT (IMF)

From Systems Operator Manager (IMF)


Dear beneficiary,


Your e-mail was discovered in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Central
Computer among the list of unpaid (Contractors, Inheritance next of kin
and lotto beneficiaries that was originated from America, Europe, Asia
plus Middle east and Africa) among the list of individuals and companies
that your unpaid fund of $500.000.00 has been located to the ICBC Bank Of
China.

Your unpaid fund insured with your E-mail Id has been approved already for
months,
Under the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).
Therefore you are required to get intouch with the payee bank where your
fund has been insured for claim.

Below is the contact of the Telegraphic Transfer Section of the payee bank.
Get in touch with the bank immideately,with the following informations,
Your, Full Names,Age,Nationality,Occupation,Contact address,Phone,and Fax
number,including a Scan Copy of your, International Passport or Valid
identification for the claim of your Insured fund.

Telegraphic Transfer Section
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Guangdong Provincial Branch
Guangzhou,China.
Email:icbcbank_china@126.com
Tel:+86-2085993941
Fax:+86-20-34158442

For further informations do not hesitate to contact me,by phone call of by
e-mail.

Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of IMF(International Monetary Fund)
Your funds which according to records in the system had been long overdue
with the Bank.

Best Regards,
Fred Rogers.
systems operator(IMF)
On behalf of Mr Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Managing Director, IMF
+44-70-2406-4520
Email:fredrgers@gmail.com

Mail 3: Prize Award notification from Toyota China.

From: mhel_claimsagent@yahoo.com
to"hrbasti@gmail.com"

cc: iagasti@gmail.com,
ikmasti@gmail.com,
imgasti@gmail.com,
jamasti@gmail.com,
jelasti@gmail.com,
jxbasti@gmail.com,
kkjasti@gmail.com,
kmaasti@gmail.com,
konasti@gmail.com,
kssasti@gmail.com,
lilasti@gmail.com,
lucasti@gmail.com,
lorasti@gmail.com,
mbcasti@gmail.com,
mchasti@gmail.com,
mhrasti@gmail.com,
merasti@gmail.com,
mclasti@gmail.com,
migasti@gmail.com

dateTue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:26 PM
subjectPRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION -[Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:26:23 +0000]




Toyota Car Lottery International Promotions China,
Customer Service Department
Toyota Motor Corporations, China.
28 Tanfield Road Tiaxiu lio Beijing China
PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

DEAR Sir/MA

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today, You are among the winners of the TOYOTA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

As a result of your visiting various websites we are running the E-business promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached to ticket number 719-226-1319, with serial number 902-66 drew the lucky numbers 05,12,30,11,17,43 and Bonus number 10 , Your INSURANCE Number: FLS433/ 453L /GMSA and consequently you won in the Second Category of the TOYOTA FORTUNE LOTTO DRAW.
You have therefore been approved for the payment of the sum of US$1,000, 000, 00 in cash, including a Toyota carmry 2008 model which is the winning present /amount for the Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$40,650,000.00 shared among the international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Please be informed that your won fund of the sum of US$1,000,000.00 is now with the payee center. Contact our agent and give them your full names so that they will re-insure your winning fund under your full names. Together with the port where your winning car should be shipped to.

To begin your claim, please call our claim agent or send email immediately to:-

Mr Michael Young
Foreign Services Manager,
Toyota Motor Corporations China,
EMAIL:mhel_claimsagent@yahoo.com
Tel/Fax:+8613725459197

1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Occupation:
4. Age:
5. Sex:
6. Nationality:
7. Country of Residence:
8. Telephone/Fax Number:

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers and other information provided above and below in every one of your correspondences to your claiming agent.
Congratulations'' once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Madam Sophia Lang
Online coordinator
www.Toyota.com.cn

Check this. Isn’t it cool?

Daily I catch the train at 5:26 from Union station to come to home from office. If I start from office at 5:00 sharp, I have to rush to grab seat in train. So I don’t shut down my PC as it takes some time to close all applications and then shut it down. I know I know you are now cribbing that I waste energy everyday and go green and all that. But you know what I shut down my office pc remotely once I grab seat in train. Yes we can do that. Thanks to outlook. I send mail from my iphone to my office mail ID and my computer shuts down. Please don’t say that you don’t have iphone. You can shut down your office PC by sending mail from your gmail account once you reach home.

Here are things you need to do:

Step one: Create a batch file
- Open a notepad and paste following line into it:
c:\windows\system32\shutdown -s -f -t 00
- Save it as .bat file. Eg. Name it as Shutdown.bat. Check that you have to keep ‘All Files’ in ‘Save type as’ drop box. Your file will appear as system file (the one with executable or application file icon). It will no longer look as notepad file.

Step two: Create a rule in Outlook
- Go to your outlook Toolsà Rules and alerts à New Rule
- Start with Blank rule ‘Move messages with specific words in subject to a folder’. Define your own specific words. For eg: shutdown_agasti (Smart move: You should keep these specific words to yourself like password. Else if your friends know this they will be in high spirits to play prank or harass you by sending mails with those subject lines and your PC will be shutdown while you are working on critical issue… Hmm.. don’t give them chance..)
- Select any folder you want to move that mail. You can select ‘Deleted Items’ too. Press Next button twice to get to ‘Select Actions’ list and now select ‘start application’ option providing the application as batch file you created in step one.
- Save the rule and Apply.

Step three: Testing Remote PC shutdown application
Send mail from your gmail account with specific subject line and tyan da ddyyaaaaan…. As soon as your mail arrives in outlook, it will run the application and your PC shuts down.

Go green… be smart..
PS: I didn’t find anything yet to start my PC remotely …

Spoon feed Screenshots below: